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No. 620,502. Patented Feb. 28, I899. J. H. ROLAND.

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No. 620,502. 'Pmmu Feb; 28, I899.

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JOHN HENRY ROLAND, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

HAT-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,502, dated February 28, 1899.

Application filed November 7, 1898. Serial No. 695,784. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN HENRY ROLAND, hair-dresser, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at 69 High street, Marylebone, but lately residing at 12 Ridinghouse street, Langham Place, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Holding or Securing Hats or Bonnets to the Head, (for which applications for patent have been filed in Great Britain,dated April 7, 1898, No. 8,342; in Germany, dated June 15, 1898, and in France, dated September 3, 1898,) of which the following is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a side view of the apparatus with the parts assembled as for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an under side view, partly in section, of the upper portion of the fastening or that part first fixed to the hat. Fig. 1 is an end view of the same. Fig. 5 shows by an under side view and a side View, respectively, a detail, being the catch and rack for adjusting the position of the projecting pins. Fig. 6 shows a side view of the part of the fastening to be engaged in the wearers hair. Fig. 7 shows an end view of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 shows an under side view of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 shows by side view and end view an accessory detail, hereinafter referred to. Fig. 10 shows a side view of the standard a Fig. 11 is a side elevation showing a modification of the invention. Fig. 12 is a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an end elevation of the same, showing the combination in an open position. Fig. 14 is an end elevation taken from the extremity opposite that shown in Fig. 13, the combination being shown in closed position. Fig. 15 shows by a cross-sectional View, drawn to an enlarged scale, a detail, being the tightening-nut and adjacent part of frame B, carrying the sliding pins b.

This invention consists of a hat or bonnet fastener (see Fig. 1) which when the parts thereof are respectively fixed in the hat or bonnet, as the case may be, and secured in the hair of the wearer can be connected together with great facility and simplicity, and, again, when required, disconnected from each other and the respective parts removed from the hat or bonnet and the wearers hair.

The parts of the fastening apparatus afford a most secure means of attachment and have the advantages of being free from danger in use and are practically hidden from View.

The apparatus consists mainly of two por tions. The one part, which is engaged in the hair of the user, is a clasp A, having two leaves. The other part, a, like a narrow comb of, say, three prongs, is hinged at its back end a to a hollow or slotted frame a, forming the other leaf. The front ends of the teeth of this comb a, when they have been suit-ably engaged in the hair, are locked within a spring or looking clip a affixed on the end of the slotted frame at, opposite to the hinge a referred to. Upon the back of this frame a is mounted a small pillar or standard a provided with a double spring-piece a so formed with serrations, corrugations, or the like that when pressed into an opening bin the portion B of the apparatus attached to the hat it may afford a holding means for that part at the point to which it may be inserted by pres sure into that opening I), and thereby afiord an adjustable connection between the hat or bonnet parts B and the head parts A. The hat or bonnet attachment part B, in which this locking-opening b is formed, consists of a pair of tubular slides b I), connected by a web or mid-rib 19 in the middle of which said locking-hole b is formed. Each tubular slide 5 is formed (on what in use is the under side) with a slot 5 extending somewhat more than half of thelength of the slide 1). In each slide b is mounteda guide or support for a pin or spear b, with capability of protraction and retraction and arranged so that the spears b on opposite sides act in opposite directions. The ends b of the spears are shaped conveniently to enter the sides of the bonnet or hat; but to prevent their passing more than sufficiently into the article they are provided with small guards b behind the heads thereof. Behind the butts of the spears in the slides are springs c c, which give them a constant tendency to protrude to their fullest extent, controlled by stop-pins b passing from the spears through said slots to finger pieces or catches d d, (see Fig. 5,) which overlie the slots of the slides 12 and engage the rackteeth cl. These catches d 01 being pressed toward each other by the fingers, the two spears b b are retracted and the device placed in position in the hat or bonnet, and then the catches d cl being released the spear-heads take a firm hold of the article. The hair-engaged frame on the wearers head is brought into correct relative position, the upright spring-piece is passed into the opening in the frame and pressure engages the two portions A and B, as described, and a close connection is attained, the teeth or projections of the one being adj ustably engageable with the other member of the connecting means. This disengagement of the locking-piece a from the teeth of the comb a to loosen the hair secured thereto may in some cases, if so desired, be facilitated by a cord and ball or by a jeweled stud, as in Fig. 11, or equivalent attachment, applied so as to tilt it free of said teeth when that attachment is drawn upon by the user. The finger-pieces 11 that operate the studs projecting through the slots of the slides 17', carry catches d d, which can be pressed into depressions or rack-teeth d at adjusted distances apart, so as to lock the spears at any desired extent of protraction.

In the modified construction shown by Figs. 11 to 15 the comb a and its cooperating frame B and connected parts are substantially the same and are distinguished by the same letters of reference as the parts already described; but the guiding-frame B for the sliding pins b is fixed to the part a, and instead of the sliding pins being caused to protrude by springs behind them they simply slide to and fro in the frame B, and are adjustable therein as to the degree to which they project by being jammed against the frame by the screw-bolt f, operated by means of the fingerhold f. If desired, the sharp points of the spears may be covered byblunt sheaths, (shown in Fig. 9,) which are slipped on over the points.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that What I claim is-- fastening having a device attachable to andv detachable from the support for the springprojected parts, and means for locking the hinged comb-teeth to their support after insertion in the hair, substantially as described.

3. In a hat-fastener the combination with oppositely-movable spring-projected spears to engage the hat, the support in which they are mounted having an opening, of a frame having a corrugated point, or standard, to detachably engage said opening, comb-teeth hinged to one end of said frame and a looking device to engage the points of said teeth after insertion inlthe hair of the wearer, substantially as described.

4. In a hat-fastener the combination with oppositely-movable, spring-projected spears to engage the hat, of means for locking said spears at any point, a frame having a corrugated standard to detachably engage an opening in the support on which said spears are mounted, comb-teeth hinged to one end of said frame, and a locking device to engage the points of the teeth after insertion in the hair and lock them to the end of the frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN HENRY ROLAND.

Witnesses:

ALFRED GEORGE BRooKEs, ERNEST JoHN HILL. 

